Testing a number of randomly selected voting stations under conditions that simulate actual Election Day usage as closely as possible, except that the actual ballots seen by 'test voters' and the voting behavior of the 'test voters' are known to the testers and can be compar ed to the results that these voting stations tabulate and report.
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Testing a number of randomly selected voting stations under conditions that simulate actual Election Day usage as closely as possible, except that the actual ballots seen by 'test voters' and the voting behavior of the 'test voters' are known to the testers and can be compar ed to the results that these voting stations tabulate and report.
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Election Security Glossary. (2026). Parallel Monitoring. In Election Security Glossary. Retrieved August 22, 2026, from https://electionsecurityglossary.com/glossary/parallel-monitoring
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